Our client are a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on this company to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets.

They are seeking highly motivated reporters to join them in covering leveraged finance, private credit and M&A activity. An ideal candidate would be highly curious, self motivated and possess outstanding interpersonal skills. They should have some prior experience in journalism, ideally covering debt capital markets and debt origination. 

Responsibilities

• Help expand coverage of primary leveraged finance and deal origination
• Develop and maintain rapport with key M&A banking and leveraged loan investor contacts 
• Identify and report on new trends and developments in M&A, LBO and leveraged finance/private credit markets
• Collaborate with financial and legal analysts, and other reporters across multiple sectors

Requirements

• Basic understanding and experience writing about M&A, debt capital markets, and preferably leveraged finance and LBOs 
• A career-driven interest in learning and writing about deal valuations, credit quality and, its intersection with private equity and LP formation 
• Excellent interpersonal skills; self motivated; ability to multitask and work in a fast paced newsroom environment
• Ability to write clearly and concisely under deadline pressure and derive trends from issuance, pricing and other market patterns. 
• Passion for obtaining scoops through outreach and cultivation of sources among highly sophisticated market participants to obtain scoops in the market.
• The candidate must be collaborative and enjoy working in a multicultural team environment.

Please email grantsomerville@melburywood.com for more information.